C&B to make grinding cells for a Chennai facility

C&B Machinery has been awarded an order by Allison Transmission to build a “Flexible” double disc grinding cell for its Chennai, India facility; Allison Transmission India Private Ltd.The grinding cell is designed to grind the faces of transmission pinion gears for Allison’s 1000 and 2000 series transmissions. Double disc grinders remove equal material from both faces simultaneously. This particular machine will be arranged to grind four various pinion configurations with the capability to grind 11 more already being produced at the plant (on grinders previously provided by C&B).

“The most important aspect of this project is to convey on a global scale, that the American Machine Tool Industry is still alive and well. We have the talent base and the ingenuity to compete globally and produce and support some of the highest quality and most flexible grinding systems available anywhere in the world,” said Chris Cox, VP sales.